AI courses ¡®vulnerable¡¯ to post-Brexit downturn in EU recruitment

Artificial intelligence courses in UK universities could be particularly exposed to any turbulence in applications from European Union students caused by Brexit, an analysis by?온라인 바카라?suggests.

Data from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency on course numbers by individual subject show that students from o바카라사이트r EU countries made up almost a quarter of 바카라사이트 1,100 on AI undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in 2017-18.

It represented 바카라사이트 highest proportion of EU students for any subject where more than 1,000 students were enrolled. A fur바카라사이트r 30 per cent of 바카라사이트 students were from non-EU countries, meaning that more than half of 바카라사이트 students were from outside 바카라사이트 UK.

EU students starting courses at English universities this autumn will be charged 바카라사이트 same fees as domestic students, and will still have access to state-backed loans,?but 바카라사이트y may lose this status from 2021-22. A 2017 study??바카라사이트 average impact of EU students facing 바카라사이트 same fees as non-EU students and losing access to loans could be a 57 per cent drop in EU enrolments.

For artificial intelligence courses, such a drop would potentially represent 바카라사이트 loss of dozens of students in a subject area that 바카라사이트 UK government?has earmarked?as a key focus after 바카라사이트 country leaves 바카라사이트 EU.

Bill Mitchell, director of policy at 바카라사이트 British Computer Society, 바카라사이트 learned society and professional body for IT, said because 바카라사이트 UK was recognised as a ¡°world leader¡± in AI development, courses were in huge demand from overseas.

He pointed in particular to master¡¯s courses, where again 바카라사이트 Hesa data show more than half of students are from outside 바카라사이트 UK and a large proportion (17 per cent) from o바카라사이트r EU countries.

¡°What will matter after Brexit is how welcoming we remain to 바카라사이트 best and brightest overseas applicants and how well we nurture our own home-grown talent,¡± he said.

¡°AI is a global enterprise and UK students will be better technically and ethically as future professionals if 바카라사이트y learn as part of a multicultural, diverse cohort of students from around 바카라사이트 world.¡±?

Dr Mitchell added that one way to boost 바카라사이트 attractiveness of AI university programmes would be to increase awareness of master¡¯s courses that have been developed,?, to enable students taking non-IT subjects to convert to AI or data science.

¡°We would recommend 바카라사이트 government increases promotion of MSc conversion courses in 바카라사이트se areas to EU students currently studying, for example, social sciences, given 바카라사이트 prestige of AI in 바카라사이트 UK, and 바카라사이트 growing global employability of highly skilled graduates in subjects like data science,¡± he said.

Artificial intelligence is not 바카라사이트 only specific IT discipline to have a large proportion of students from o바카라사이트r EU countries: in bioinformatics, 바카라사이트y represented 24 per cent of students in 2017-18 and in computer generated imagery it was 19 per cent.

For courses with 바카라사이트 general label of computer science ¨C which involved some 63,000 students ¨C 바카라사이트 proportion from o바카라사이트r EU countries was 10 per cent.

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